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- the present invention relates to a golf club head which is excellent in directionality of a hit ball.
- a moment of inertia around a center line of a shaft axis is increased in a golf club.
- the moment of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis has a close relation to a return of the head during a swing.
- Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.2001-299968 teaches that when the moment of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis becomes great, it becomes easy to hit the ball in a state where a face is open at a time of swinging. As a result, a miss shot called “slice” tends to be occurred.
- the large size of the head volume has an inclination to make a depth of center of gravity of the head large.
- Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 11-33145 (1999) there is suggested that the larger the depth of center of gravity of the head is, the better the directionality of the hit ball is.
- the large-sized head has an inclination to make a moment of inertia around a vertical axis passing through the center of gravity of the head, in addition to the moment of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis.
- the hitting face of the head can be positioned in an address state, such a head can hit the ball with a small displacement with respect to the intended direction even when the head hits the ball by a portion of the hitting face close to a toe or a heel.
- the large-sized head has a magnitude of the depth of center of gravity which is consequently defined on the basis of the head shape, so that there is no idea for further improving the depth of center of gravity.
- the present inventors have measured the depth of center of gravity of the various heads and the moment of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis. The result of measurement is shown in FIG. 5.
- the conventional head is plotted by black dots. It is known from this graph that the head having the great moment M of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis has a great depth L of center of gravity.
- the present invention is made by taking the above problems into consideration, and a main object of the present invention is to provide a golf club head capable of hitting a ball in an intended direction on the basis of connecting a moment of inertia around a center line of a shaft axis with a depth of center of gravity under a fixed condition.
- a golf club head satisfying the following three conditions in a moment M of inertia around a center line of a shaft axis (g ⁇ cm 2 ) and a depth L of center of gravity (mm):
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a head in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a front view showing a measured state of the head
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 is an end view in a vertical plane VP2 in FIG. 2
- FIG. 5 is a graph showing a relation between a moment M of inertia around a center line of a shaft axis and a depth L of center of gravity;
- FIG. 6A is a cross sectional view of a head of an embodiment in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 6B is a cross sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. 6A;
- FIG. 7A is a cross sectional view of a head of another embodiment in accordance with the present invention, and FIG. 7B is a cross sectional view taken along line C-C in FIG. 7A;
- FIG. 8A is a cross sectional view of a head of still another embodiment in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 8B is a cross sectional view taken along line D-D in FIG. 8A;
- FIG. 9A is a cross sectional view of a head of yet another embodiment in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 9B is a cross sectional view taken along line E-E in FIG. 9A.
- FIG. 1 there is illustrated a wood type driver (# 1 ), as a golf club head (hereinafter, simply referred as “head” in some cases) 1 in accordance with the present invention.
- the wood type head does not mean a head formed by a wooden material, but means a head which has been conventionally formed by the wooden material, and is a concept, specifically, including at least the driver (# 1 ), a brassie (# 2 ), a spoon (# 3 ), a baffy (# 4 ) or a cleek (# 5 ), and further including a head having an approximately similar shape.
- the head 1 is illustrated as a head constituted by a face portion 3 forming a hitting face 2 corresponding to a surface hitting a ball, a crown portion 4 extending from an upper edge 2 a of the hitting face 2 and forming a head upper surface, a sole portion 5 extending from a lower edge 2 b of the hitting face 2 and forming a head bottom surface (the sole portion 5 is invisible in FIG. 1), a side portion 6 extending between the crown portion 4 and the sole portion 5 from a toe side edge 2 t of the hitting face 2 through a back face to a heel side edge 2 e of the hitting face 2 , and a neck portion 7 to which one end of a shaft (not shown) is attached.
- a cylindrical shaft insertion hole 7 a is formed in the neck portion 7 .
- a shaft (not shown) is inserted to the shaft insertion hoe 7 a.
- an axial center line CL of the shaft insertion hole 7 a and a shaft axis center line (SL) substantially coincide with each other. Accordingly, in the case of aligning the head 1 with a lie angle or in the case of measuring a moment of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis, the “axial center line CL of the shaft insertion hole 7 a ” is utilized as the “shaft axis center line SL”.
- the head 1 is made, for example, of aluminum alloy, titanium, titanium alloy, stainless steel, other metal materials, or fiber reinforcing resin. Although the material is not particularly limited, it is preferable that the head 1 is made of titanium alloy having a high specific tensile strength. Further, the head 1 in accordance with the present embodiment is shown as a head in which a main portion is formed in accordance with a lost wax forging method of ⁇ + ⁇ type titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V), and the other part is welded to the main portion. In this case, the manufacturing method is not limited to this aspect, and the other materials and the other manufacturing methods can be used.
- a volume of the head 1 is not particularly limited, however, the greater the volume is, the greater the moment of inertia around the center of gravity of the head is. As a result, even in the case where a position of hitting the ball is displaced from a sweet spot SS of the hitting face 2 , a displacement of the head 1 becomes small and a directionality of the hit ball becomes stable.
- an upper limit of the head volume has no particular limitation as far as the volume is within a range which can be practically allowed as the golf club.
- the head volume corresponds to a volume including the neck portion 7 .
- FIG. 2 is a front view in a state where the head 1 is under a measured state
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 2, respectively.
- the “measured state of the head 1 ” means a state where an attitude of the head 1 is definitely determined with respect to a horizontal plane HP.
- the axial center line SL of the shaft is arranged in the vertical plane VP 1 , and is inclined at a defined lie angle ⁇ in the head 1 .
- the sole portion 5 is grounded on the plane HP in a state where the face angle of the hitting face 2 is zero.
- the head 1 in accordance with the present invention satisfies the following three conditions in the moment M of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis (g ⁇ cm 3 ) and the depth L of center of gravity (mm):
- the head 1 has the moment M of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis between 4000 and 7000 (g ⁇ cm 2 ), as shown by the condition (1).
- the head having the moment M of inertia of less than 4000 (g ⁇ cm 2 ) has a volume of about 250 (cm 3 ) at the most.
- the moment of inertia around the vertical axis passing through the center of gravity of the head becomes small, and the directionality of the hit ball tends to be deteriorated.
- the moment M of inertia of the head 1 is equal to or more than 4420 (g ⁇ cm 2 ), more preferably is equal to or more than 4500 (g ⁇ cm 2 ), and particularly preferably is equal to or more than 4600 (g ⁇ cm 2 ).
- the moment M of inertia of the head 1 is equal to or less than 6500 (g ⁇ cm 2 ) in a combination of any of the lower limit values, more preferably is equal to or less than 6000 (g ⁇ cm 2 ), and particularly preferably is equal to or less than 5510 (g ⁇ cm 2 ).
- the head 1 in accordance with the present invention has the depth L of center of gravity between 30 and 50 mm, as shown by the condition (2).
- the depth L of center of gravity is measured as follows. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in the head 1 under the measured state, a normal line J is drawn from the center of gravity G of the head to the hitting face 2 . An intersecting point between the normal line J and the hitting face 2 is called as a sweet spot SS. Next, a cross sectional shape of the head is specified by a vertical plane VP 2 including the normal line J. The cross sectional shape is shown in FIG. 4. Further, in the cross sectional shape, a horizontal distance between the center of gravity G of the head and a leading edge (a headmost position) 9 of the head 1 is the depth L of center of gravity.
- the head 1 having t he depth L of center of gravity of less than 30 mm is displaced widely at a time of miss shot, and the directionality of the hit ball tends to be deteriorated. It is particularly desirable that the depth of center of gravity of the head 1 is preferably equal to or more than 34 mm, more preferably is equal to or more than 37 mm, and particularly preferably is equal to or more than 40 mm. On the contrary, the head 1 having the depth L of center of gravity exceeding 50 mm excessively increases the volume and makes the weight in the side of the face portion 3 small, thereby tending to deteriorate the durability and the strength balance. In view of this, it is desirable that the depth of center of gravity of the head 1 is equal to or less than 45 mm in a combination with any of the lower limit values, and more preferably is equal to or less than 42 mm.
- the moment M of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis and the depth L of center of gravity satisfy the fixed relational expression.
- the condition (3) is obtained by various experimental results by the present inventors.
- the head having the great moment M of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis conventionally has as such great depth L of center of gravity. Accordingly, in particular, no attention has been paid to an attempt of improving the depth L of center of gravity.
- the present inventors have paid attention to the attempt of improving the depth L of center of gravity of the head, and have performed a number of hitting tests.
- the present inventors have found that in the case of making the depth L of center of gravity significantly greater than the moment M of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis, the deterioration in the directionality of the hit ball is suppressed contrary to expectation even at a time of the miss shot (at a time of hitting by the position far away from the sweet spot SS of the hitting face 2 ). Further, the condition (3) is obtained by a regression analysis of the hitting test results on the assumption of two conditions (1) and (2).
- a particularly preferable range in the relation between the moment M of inertia and the depth L of center of gravity is as follows:
- the preferable range is as follows:
- the lower limit value is preferably as follows:
- the lower limit value is as follows:
- the head In order to manufacture the head satisfying the conditions (1), (2) and (3), it is effective to improve a weight distribution of the head 1 while increasing the volume of the head.
- One method is to firmly fix a weight member 11 having a high specific gravity to the heel side and the back face 10 side of the sole portion 5 , as shown in FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B corresponding to the cross sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. 6A.
- the volume of the head is 350 cm 3 .
- the weight member 11 has a predetermined volume, and is formed in an approximately columnar shape in this embodiment.
- the weight member 11 can be mounted, for example, by previously forming the concave portion 5 a having a bottom in the sole portion 5 , inserting the weight member 11 thereto, and thereafter plastically deforming and caulking the concave portion 5 a or the weight member 11 itself.
- An example of another mounting method includes a method of forming screw grooves on a periphery of the weight member 11 and an inner peripheral surface of the concave portion 5 a and screwing them.
- the weight member can be mounted by various methods such as a pressure inserting method, a welding method, a screwing method, a bonding method and the like.
- weight member 11 Only one weight member 11 is shown in the present embodiment, however, the weight member 11 can be separated into two or more pieces so as to be mounted.
- a thickness t 3 of the concave portion 5 a to which the weight member 11 is mounted is large, between 1.5 and 2.6 mm, however, a thickness of the other portions in the sole portion 5 is small, between 0.7 and 1.4 mm.
- the weight member 11 is formed by a metal material, for example, having a specific gravity of 6.0 to 25.0, more preferably a specific gravity of 10.0 to 22.5, which is not particularly limited.
- a specific gravity is less than 6.0, a large volume is required for obtaining a great weight. This tends to a problem that a mounting property is hard and a center of gravity height is ascended.
- the specific gravity of the weight member 11 exceeds 25.0, an increase of a material cost tends to be occurred.
- the weight member 11 is made of a heavy metal, for example, Cu, Mo, Ag, Pb, Ta, W, Au, Pt, Ir or the like, and further formed by alloy including at least one of these heavy metals.
- a heavy metal for example, Cu, Mo, Ag, Pb, Ta, W, Au, Pt, Ir or the like.
- a mass of the weight member 11 is set to 5 to 15% of the entire mass of the head.
- a position where the weight member 11 is arranged is set in such a manner as to satisfy the conditions (1), (2) and (3) in the moment M of inertia and the depth L of center of gravity.
- a preferable range can be specified in an X-Y coordinate system shown in FIG. 6.
- the X-Y coordinate system is set on a horizontal plane HP 2 passing through the origin O, as shown in FIG. 2.
- the Y -axis is a nodal line between the horizontal plane HP 2 and the vertical plane VP 1
- the X-axis is an axis line passing through the origin O and being perpendicular to the Y-axis.
- the maximum value in the Y-axis is set to ym
- the maximum value in the X-axis is set to xm.
- a preferable position of the center of gravity 11 G of the weight member 11 is set to 0.2 to 0.7 times of xm, more preferably 0.3 to 0.6 times thereof in the X-coordinate, and set to 0.1 to 0.5 times of ym, more preferably 0.1 to 0.3 times thereof in the Y-coordinate.
- the sole portion 5 can be structured such as to include a thin portion 5 B in which a thickness ti is, for example, between 0.7 and 1.4 mm, and a thick portion 5 A in which a thickness t 2 is, for example, between 1.5 and 2.6 mm.
- the thick portion 5 A is formed in the heel side and the back face 10 side (dots are applied in FIG. 7A and 7B).
- the range of the thick portion 5 A in the X-coordinate is formed between 0.2 and 0.7 times of xm, more preferably formed between 0.3 and 0.6 times thereof, and the range of the thick portion 5 A in the Y-coordinate is formed between 0.1 and 0.5 times of ym, more preferably formed between 0.1 and 0.3 times thereof.
- the sole portion 5 is constituted by the thin portion 5 B and the thick portion 5 A, and the thin portion 5 B is formed in the toe side and the face portion 3 side (dots are applied in FIGS. 8A and 8B).
- the range of the X-coordinate of the thin portion 5 B is formed to be equal to or less than 0.6 times of xm, more preferably equal to or less than 0.5 time thereof, and the range of the Y-coordinate of the thin portion 5 B is formed to be equal to or more than 0.4 time of ym, more preferably equal to or more than 0.5 times thereof.
- the surface area may be increased in the range close to the heel and close to the back face 10 .
- the range increasing the surface area is particularly set in the X-Y coordinate system such that the range of X-coordinate is equal to or more than 0.1 times of xm, more preferably equal to or more than 0.2 times thereof, and the range of Y-coordinate is equal to or less than 0.5 times of ym, more preferably equal to or less than 0.4 times thereof.
- the head 1 in accordance with the present invention can be applied to a fairway wood or the like in addition to the driver. It is desirable that the head is applied to a head having a loft angle between about 7 and 12°, more preferably to a head having a loft angle between 10.5 and 12° mainly applied to an average golfer, chiefly to a head having a loft angle between about 11 and 12°.
- the gold club head in accordance with the present invention can improve the directionality of the hit ball by suitably limiting the moment M of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis and the depth L of center of gravity.
- a wood type golf club head having the base aspect shown in FIG. 1 was manufactured by way of trial on the basis of the specification in Table 1.
- the wood type golf club of an entire length 45 inch and a balance DO was manufactured by attaching the same carbon shaft (MP-200 FLEX R manufactured by SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRY Co., Ltd.) to each of the heads, and a hitting test was performed.
- Each of the heads was formed by lost wax precision casting Ti-6Al-4V, and was unified as a loft angle of 11°, a face angle of 2°, a lie angle of 56°, a head mass of 188 g, and head volume of 350 cm 3 . Both of a face bulge and a face roll were unified as 254 mm. Further, the center of gravity of the head was adjusted in accordance with a method of mounting the weight member (W-Cu alloy) to the sole portion, as shown in FIG. 6.
- the hitting test was performed by ten right-handed golfers who were not too skilled and have a handicap of twenty or more each hitting ten golf balls (“MAXFLI HI-BRID” manufactured by SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRY Co., Ltd.). In this case, an amount of lateral displacement between a point of fall of the hit ball and a line in a target direction was measured. As evaluation, an average value in the displacement amount and an average value of an absolute value in the displacement amount were determined.
- the average value in the displacement amount was determined by adding each of the displacement amounts and dividing by the ball number ten, on the assumption that the hit ball displaced in a left direction with respect to the target direction line was set to a minus value and the hit ball displaced in a right direction was set to a plus value.
- the average value of the absolute value in the displacement amount was determined by adding the absolute value of each of the displacement amounts and dividing by the ball number ten. In both cases, the results of ten golfers were further averaged.
- the “average value in the displacement amount” is useful for mainly judging the directionality in right and left directions. In other words, it is known that the ball tends to fly rightward in the case of plus value, and the ball tends to fly leftward in the case of minus value. Further, in the “average value of the absolute value in the displacement amount”, it is known that the greater the value is, the greater the dispersion is.
- Example 1 Example 2
- Example 3 Example 4
- Example 5 Moment M of inertia around 4508 5510 5950 5990 4420 center line of shaft axis [g ⁇ cm 2 ] Depth L of center of 40.0 44.8 44.8 40.2 34.0 gravity [mm] Value obtained by 200L ⁇ M 3492 3450 3010 2050 2380 [value equal to or more than 2000 satisfies expression (3)] Mass of weight member [g] 35 38 27 25 37 Arrangement position (x, y) (25, 21) (58, 29) (65, 54) (49, 60) (23, 38) of weight member [mm] * Thickness of sole portion in 2.4 2.3 1.5 1.5 2.5 the vicinity of arrangement position of weight member [mm] Thickness of sole portion in 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.1 the other position than the above position [mm] Results Average in ⁇ 4.0 +2.8 +4.9 +5.3 ⁇ 5.1 of test displacement amount (m) Average of 9.6 9.3 11.2 16.3 13.3 absolute value in displacement amount (m) Comparative Comparative Compar
- Example 1 is good because the average value in the displacement amount is small. Further, since the average value in the displacement amount is small ⁇ 4.0 m and is directed in the left direction, it can be confirmed that the slice is effectively prevented.
- Example 2 has the smaller average value of the absolute value in the displacement amount and is good because the depth of center of gravity and the moment of inertia are greater than those of Example 1. However, in comparison with Example 1, the direction of the hit ball is directed slightly in the right direction. This can be considered because the moment M of inertia is great.
- Example 3 corresponds to the head obtained by making only the moment M of inertia large in Example 2. In comparison with Example 2, the dispersion of the hit ball is slightly great, and the displacement amount in the right direction is slightly increased in the directionality.
- Example 4 the depth of center of gravity is set to be approximately the same as that of Example 1, however, the moment M of inertia is the largest. Accordingly, in comparison with Example 1, the dispersion of the hit ball and the displacement amount in the right direction are increased. In Example 5, the moment M of inertia is approximately the same as that of Example 1, and only the depth of center of gravity is made small in comparison with Example 1. In accordance with the results of hitting, in comparison with Example 1, the slice of the hit ball is restricted, and the dispersion is sufficiently within an allowable range.
- Example 6 corresponds to the head in which the depth of center of gravity and the moment M of inertia are the smallest. Accordingly, it can be confirmed that the effect of preventing the slice is very high while the dispersion is slightly distinctive.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a golf club head which is excellent in directionality of a hit ball.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- In accordance with an increase of a head volume in recent years, a moment of inertia around a center line of a shaft axis is increased in a golf club. The moment of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis has a close relation to a return of the head during a swing. For example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.2001-299968 teaches that when the moment of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis becomes great, it becomes easy to hit the ball in a state where a face is open at a time of swinging. As a result, a miss shot called “slice” tends to be occurred.
- Further, the large size of the head volume has an inclination to make a depth of center of gravity of the head large. In Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 11-33145 (1999), there is suggested that the larger the depth of center of gravity of the head is, the better the directionality of the hit ball is.
- Further, the large-sized head has an inclination to make a moment of inertia around a vertical axis passing through the center of gravity of the head, in addition to the moment of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis. In the swing process, if the hitting face of the head can be positioned in an address state, such a head can hit the ball with a small displacement with respect to the intended direction even when the head hits the ball by a portion of the hitting face close to a toe or a heel. Accordingly, in conventional, it is sufficient that the large-sized head has a magnitude of the depth of center of gravity which is consequently defined on the basis of the head shape, so that there is no idea for further improving the depth of center of gravity.
- The present inventors have measured the depth of center of gravity of the various heads and the moment of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis. The result of measurement is shown in FIG. 5. In FIG. 5, the conventional head is plotted by black dots. It is known from this graph that the head having the great moment M of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis has a great depth L of center of gravity.
- However, taking a view of swing of golfers, most of the golfers belong to the following two types:
- (a) a type that a head speed is high in a swing initial stage and is low in a swing later stage; and
- (b) a type that a head speed is increased from a swing initial state to a swing later stage.
- Further, taking a view of a certain golfer, there is a case where the type (a) and the type (b) alternately appear per swing. In particular, since a beginner golfer has no stable head speed, the beginner golfer develops a strong tendency to the above. As a result, the beginner golfer has an inclination that the direction of the hit ball is not stable. Further, the greater the moment of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis in the head is, the more the above inclination is occurred.
- The present invention is made by taking the above problems into consideration, and a main object of the present invention is to provide a golf club head capable of hitting a ball in an intended direction on the basis of connecting a moment of inertia around a center line of a shaft axis with a depth of center of gravity under a fixed condition.
- In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a golf club head satisfying the following three conditions in a moment M of inertia around a center line of a shaft axis (g·cm2) and a depth L of center of gravity (mm):
- 4000≦M≦7000; (1)
- 30≦L≦50; and (2)
- M≦200×L−2000. (3)
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a head in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
- FIG. 2 is a front view showing a measured state of the head;
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 is an end view in a vertical plane VP2 in FIG. 2
- FIG. 5 is a graph showing a relation between a moment M of inertia around a center line of a shaft axis and a depth L of center of gravity;
- FIG. 6A is a cross sectional view of a head of an embodiment in accordance with the present invention, and FIG. 6B is a cross sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. 6A;
- FIG. 7A is a cross sectional view of a head of another embodiment in accordance with the present invention, and FIG. 7B is a cross sectional view taken along line C-C in FIG. 7A;
- FIG. 8A is a cross sectional view of a head of still another embodiment in accordance with the present invention, and FIG. 8B is a cross sectional view taken along line D-D in FIG. 8A; and
- FIG. 9A is a cross sectional view of a head of yet another embodiment in accordance with the present invention, and FIG. 9B is a cross sectional view taken along line E-E in FIG. 9A.
- Hereinafter, description will be given of an embodiment in accordance with the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
- In FIG. 1, there is illustrated a wood type driver (#1), as a golf club head (hereinafter, simply referred as “head” in some cases) 1 in accordance with the present invention. The wood type head does not mean a head formed by a wooden material, but means a head which has been conventionally formed by the wooden material, and is a concept, specifically, including at least the driver (#1), a brassie (#2), a spoon (#3), a baffy (#4) or a cleek (#5), and further including a head having an approximately similar shape.
- The
head 1 is illustrated as a head constituted by aface portion 3 forming a hittingface 2 corresponding to a surface hitting a ball, acrown portion 4 extending from anupper edge 2 a of the hittingface 2 and forming a head upper surface, asole portion 5 extending from alower edge 2 b of the hittingface 2 and forming a head bottom surface (thesole portion 5 is invisible in FIG. 1), aside portion 6 extending between thecrown portion 4 and thesole portion 5 from atoe side edge 2 t of the hittingface 2 through a back face to aheel side edge 2 e of the hittingface 2, and aneck portion 7 to which one end of a shaft (not shown) is attached. - A cylindrical
shaft insertion hole 7 a is formed in theneck portion 7. A shaft (not shown) is inserted to theshaft insertion hoe 7 a. Further, an axial center line CL of theshaft insertion hole 7 a and a shaft axis center line (SL) substantially coincide with each other. Accordingly, in the case of aligning thehead 1 with a lie angle or in the case of measuring a moment of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis, the “axial center line CL of theshaft insertion hole 7 a” is utilized as the “shaft axis center line SL”. - The
head 1 is made, for example, of aluminum alloy, titanium, titanium alloy, stainless steel, other metal materials, or fiber reinforcing resin. Although the material is not particularly limited, it is preferable that thehead 1 is made of titanium alloy having a high specific tensile strength. Further, thehead 1 in accordance with the present embodiment is shown as a head in which a main portion is formed in accordance with a lost wax forging method of α+β type titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V), and the other part is welded to the main portion. In this case, the manufacturing method is not limited to this aspect, and the other materials and the other manufacturing methods can be used. - A volume of the
head 1 is not particularly limited, however, the greater the volume is, the greater the moment of inertia around the center of gravity of the head is. As a result, even in the case where a position of hitting the ball is displaced from a sweet spot SS of the hittingface 2, a displacement of thehead 1 becomes small and a directionality of the hit ball becomes stable. In view of the matter mentioned above, it is desirable to set the volume of thehead 1 to equal to or more than 300 cm3, more preferably equal to or more than 320 cm3, and particularly preferably equal to or more than 340 cm3. Further, an upper limit of the head volume has no particular limitation as far as the volume is within a range which can be practically allowed as the golf club. In order to prevent the head weight from being excessively increased and prevent a durability from being reduced, it is desirable to set the head volume to equal to or less than 600 cm3, for example, in a combination with any of the lower limit values, further equal to or less than 550 cm3, or equal to or less than 500 cm3, or equal to or less than 450 cm3, or further equal to or less than 425 cm3. In this case, the head volume corresponds to a volume including theneck portion 7. - FIG. 2 is a front view in a state where the
head 1 is under a measured state, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 2, respectively. The “measured state of thehead 1” means a state where an attitude of thehead 1 is definitely determined with respect to a horizontal plane HP. Specifically, the axial center line SL of the shaft is arranged in the vertical plane VP1, and is inclined at a defined lie angle β in thehead 1. Further, in thehead 1, thesole portion 5 is grounded on the plane HP in a state where the face angle of the hittingface 2 is zero. In order to make the face angle zero, as shown in FIG. 4, it is sufficient to rotate thehead 1 around the axial center line CL in such a manner that a horizontal tangent line N which is in contact with a center of gravity FC of area of the hittingface 2 is in parallel to the vertical plane VP1. - The
head 1 in accordance with the present invention satisfies the following three conditions in the moment M of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis (g·cm3) and the depth L of center of gravity (mm): - 4000≦M≦7000; (1)
- 30≦L≦50; and (2)
- M≦200×L−2000. (3)
- The
head 1 has the moment M of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis between 4000 and 7000 (g·cm2), as shown by the condition (1). In the case of employing the conventional general head shape, the head having the moment M of inertia of less than 4000 (g·cm2) has a volume of about 250 (cm3) at the most. In the head, under the measured state, the moment of inertia around the vertical axis passing through the center of gravity of the head becomes small, and the directionality of the hit ball tends to be deteriorated. It is particularly desirable that the moment M of inertia of thehead 1 is equal to or more than 4420 (g·cm2), more preferably is equal to or more than 4500 (g·cm2), and particularly preferably is equal to or more than 4600 (g·cm2). - On the other hand, in the head having the moment M of inertia larger than 7000 (g·cm2), it is hard to position the hitting
face 2 in the address state during the swing process, and the head frequently hit the ball in a state where the hittingface 2 is opened. As a result, the slice tends to be occurred in the hit ball. In view of the matter mentioned above, it is desirable that the moment M of inertia of thehead 1 is equal to or less than 6500 (g·cm2) in a combination of any of the lower limit values, more preferably is equal to or less than 6000 (g·cm2), and particularly preferably is equal to or less than 5510 (g·cm2). - Further, the
head 1 in accordance with the present invention has the depth L of center of gravity between 30 and 50 mm, as shown by the condition (2). The depth L of center of gravity is measured as follows. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in thehead 1 under the measured state, a normal line J is drawn from the center of gravity G of the head to the hittingface 2. An intersecting point between the normal line J and the hittingface 2 is called as a sweet spot SS. Next, a cross sectional shape of the head is specified by a vertical plane VP2 including the normal line J. The cross sectional shape is shown in FIG. 4. Further, in the cross sectional shape, a horizontal distance between the center of gravity G of the head and a leading edge (a headmost position) 9 of thehead 1 is the depth L of center of gravity. - The
head 1 having t he depth L of center of gravity of less than 30 mm is displaced widely at a time of miss shot, and the directionality of the hit ball tends to be deteriorated. It is particularly desirable that the depth of center of gravity of thehead 1 is preferably equal to or more than 34 mm, more preferably is equal to or more than 37 mm, and particularly preferably is equal to or more than 40 mm. On the contrary, thehead 1 having the depth L of center of gravity exceeding 50 mm excessively increases the volume and makes the weight in the side of theface portion 3 small, thereby tending to deteriorate the durability and the strength balance. In view of this, it is desirable that the depth of center of gravity of thehead 1 is equal to or less than 45 mm in a combination with any of the lower limit values, and more preferably is equal to or less than 42 mm. - Further, in the present invention, as shown by the condition (3), the moment M of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis and the depth L of center of gravity satisfy the fixed relational expression. The condition (3) is obtained by various experimental results by the present inventors. In other words, the head having the great moment M of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis conventionally has as such great depth L of center of gravity. Accordingly, in particular, no attention has been paid to an attempt of improving the depth L of center of gravity. The present inventors have paid attention to the attempt of improving the depth L of center of gravity of the head, and have performed a number of hitting tests. As a result, the present inventors have found that in the case of making the depth L of center of gravity significantly greater than the moment M of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis, the deterioration in the directionality of the hit ball is suppressed contrary to expectation even at a time of the miss shot (at a time of hitting by the position far away from the sweet spot SS of the hitting face2). Further, the condition (3) is obtained by a regression analysis of the hitting test results on the assumption of two conditions (1) and (2).
- A particularly preferable range in the relation between the moment M of inertia and the depth L of center of gravity is as follows:
- M≦200×L−2050.
- More preferably, the preferable range is as follows:
- M≦200×L−2390.
- The most preferable range is as follows:
- M≦200×L−3450.
- In accordance with constraint on manufacturing the head, in the combination with any of the expressions restricting the upper limit value, the lower limit value is preferably as follows:
- M≧200×L−5000.
- More preferably, the lower limit value is as follows:
- M≧200×L−4500.
- In order to manufacture the head satisfying the conditions (1), (2) and (3), it is effective to improve a weight distribution of the
head 1 while increasing the volume of the head. One method is to firmly fix aweight member 11 having a high specific gravity to the heel side and theback face 10 side of thesole portion 5, as shown in FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B corresponding to the cross sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. 6A. In this embodiment, the volume of the head is 350 cm3. - The
weight member 11 has a predetermined volume, and is formed in an approximately columnar shape in this embodiment. Theweight member 11 can be mounted, for example, by previously forming theconcave portion 5 a having a bottom in thesole portion 5, inserting theweight member 11 thereto, and thereafter plastically deforming and caulking theconcave portion 5 a or theweight member 11 itself. An example of another mounting method includes a method of forming screw grooves on a periphery of theweight member 11 and an inner peripheral surface of theconcave portion 5 a and screwing them. Further, the weight member can be mounted by various methods such as a pressure inserting method, a welding method, a screwing method, a bonding method and the like. Only oneweight member 11 is shown in the present embodiment, however, theweight member 11 can be separated into two or more pieces so as to be mounted. A thickness t3 of theconcave portion 5 a to which theweight member 11 is mounted is large, between 1.5 and 2.6 mm, however, a thickness of the other portions in thesole portion 5 is small, between 0.7 and 1.4 mm. - It is preferable that the
weight member 11 is formed by a metal material, for example, having a specific gravity of 6.0 to 25.0, more preferably a specific gravity of 10.0 to 22.5, which is not particularly limited. In the case where the specific gravity is less than 6.0, a large volume is required for obtaining a great weight. This tends to a problem that a mounting property is hard and a center of gravity height is ascended. On the contrary, in the case where the specific gravity of theweight member 11 exceeds 25.0, an increase of a material cost tends to be occurred. It is preferable that theweight member 11 is made of a heavy metal, for example, Cu, Mo, Ag, Pb, Ta, W, Au, Pt, Ir or the like, and further formed by alloy including at least one of these heavy metals. In the present embodiment, there is shown the structure employing W-Cu alloy. Further, it is preferable that a mass of theweight member 11 is set to 5 to 15% of the entire mass of the head. - A position where the
weight member 11 is arranged is set in such a manner as to satisfy the conditions (1), (2) and (3) in the moment M of inertia and the depth L of center of gravity. For example, a preferable range can be specified in an X-Y coordinate system shown in FIG. 6. On the assumption that a point at which the center line SL of the shaft axis crosses a virtual plane E passing through an end surface of theneck portion 7 is set to an origin O in a measured state of thehead 1, the X-Y coordinate system is set on a horizontal plane HP2 passing through the origin O, as shown in FIG. 2. The Y -axis is a nodal line between the horizontal plane HP2 and the vertical plane VP1, and the X-axis is an axis line passing through the origin O and being perpendicular to the Y-axis. In a profile line of thehead 1 projected on the X-Y coordinate system, the maximum value in the Y-axis is set to ym, and the maximum value in the X-axis is set to xm. A preferable position of the center ofgravity 11G of theweight member 11 is set to 0.2 to 0.7 times of xm, more preferably 0.3 to 0.6 times thereof in the X-coordinate, and set to 0.1 to 0.5 times of ym, more preferably 0.1 to 0.3 times thereof in the Y-coordinate. - Further, in order to manufacture the head which satisfies the conditions (1), (2) and (3), as shown in FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B showing the cross section taken along line C-C, the
sole portion 5 can be structured such as to include athin portion 5B in which a thickness ti is, for example, between 0.7 and 1.4 mm, and athick portion 5A in which a thickness t2 is, for example, between 1.5 and 2.6 mm. Thethick portion 5A is formed in the heel side and theback face 10 side (dots are applied in FIG. 7A and 7B). Specifically, it is desirable in the X-Y coordinate system that the range of thethick portion 5A in the X-coordinate is formed between 0.2 and 0.7 times of xm, more preferably formed between 0.3 and 0.6 times thereof, and the range of thethick portion 5A in the Y-coordinate is formed between 0.1 and 0.5 times of ym, more preferably formed between 0.1 and 0.3 times thereof. - Further, in reverse to FIGS. 7A and 7B, as shown in FIG. 8A and FIG. 8B showing the cross section taken along line D-D in FIG. 8A, it is desirable that the
sole portion 5 is constituted by thethin portion 5B and thethick portion 5A, and thethin portion 5B is formed in the toe side and theface portion 3 side (dots are applied in FIGS. 8A and 8B). Specifically, it is desirable in the X-Y coordinate system that the range of the X-coordinate of thethin portion 5B is formed to be equal to or less than 0.6 times of xm, more preferably equal to or less than 0.5 time thereof, and the range of the Y-coordinate of thethin portion 5B is formed to be equal to or more than 0.4 time of ym, more preferably equal to or more than 0.5 times thereof. - Further, in order to manufacture the head which satisfies the conditions (1), (2) and (3), as shown in FIG. 9A and FIG. 9B showing the cross section taken along E-E in FIG. 9A, the surface area may be increased in the range close to the heel and close to the
back face 10. In the present embodiment, there is shown the structure in which the range is formed in a wavy portion 15 where the concave portions and the convex portions 15 b are alternately connected. Accordingly, it is possible to increase the weight of the wavy portion 15, thereby increasing the depth L of center of gravity. Further, the range increasing the surface area is particularly set in the X-Y coordinate system such that the range of X-coordinate is equal to or more than 0.1 times of xm, more preferably equal to or more than 0.2 times thereof, and the range of Y-coordinate is equal to or less than 0.5 times of ym, more preferably equal to or less than 0.4 times thereof. - It goes without saying that the
head 1 in accordance with the present invention can be applied to a fairway wood or the like in addition to the driver. It is desirable that the head is applied to a head having a loft angle between about 7 and 12°, more preferably to a head having a loft angle between 10.5 and 12° mainly applied to an average golfer, chiefly to a head having a loft angle between about 11 and 12°. - As described above, the gold club head in accordance with the present invention can improve the directionality of the hit ball by suitably limiting the moment M of inertia around the center line of the shaft axis and the depth L of center of gravity.
- A wood type golf club head having the base aspect shown in FIG. 1 was manufactured by way of trial on the basis of the specification in Table 1. The wood type golf club of an entire length 45 inch and a balance DO was manufactured by attaching the same carbon shaft (MP-200 FLEX R manufactured by SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRY Co., Ltd.) to each of the heads, and a hitting test was performed. Each of the heads was formed by lost wax precision casting Ti-6Al-4V, and was unified as a loft angle of 11°, a face angle of 2°, a lie angle of 56°, a head mass of 188 g, and head volume of 350 cm3. Both of a face bulge and a face roll were unified as 254 mm. Further, the center of gravity of the head was adjusted in accordance with a method of mounting the weight member (W-Cu alloy) to the sole portion, as shown in FIG. 6.
- The hitting test was performed by ten right-handed golfers who were not too skilled and have a handicap of twenty or more each hitting ten golf balls (“MAXFLI HI-BRID” manufactured by SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRY Co., Ltd.). In this case, an amount of lateral displacement between a point of fall of the hit ball and a line in a target direction was measured. As evaluation, an average value in the displacement amount and an average value of an absolute value in the displacement amount were determined. The average value in the displacement amount was determined by adding each of the displacement amounts and dividing by the ball number ten, on the assumption that the hit ball displaced in a left direction with respect to the target direction line was set to a minus value and the hit ball displaced in a right direction was set to a plus value. The average value of the absolute value in the displacement amount was determined by adding the absolute value of each of the displacement amounts and dividing by the ball number ten. In both cases, the results of ten golfers were further averaged. The “average value in the displacement amount” is useful for mainly judging the directionality in right and left directions. In other words, it is known that the ball tends to fly rightward in the case of plus value, and the ball tends to fly leftward in the case of minus value. Further, in the “average value of the absolute value in the displacement amount”, it is known that the greater the value is, the greater the dispersion is.
- In this case, the moment of inertia of the head is measured by using MOMENT OF INERTIA MEASURING INSTRUMENT manufactured by INERTIA DYNAMICS Inc Co., Ltd. Results of test and the like are shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1 Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 5 Moment M of inertia around 4508 5510 5950 5990 4420 center line of shaft axis [g · cm2] Depth L of center of 40.0 44.8 44.8 40.2 34.0 gravity [mm] Value obtained by 200L − M 3492 3450 3010 2050 2380 [value equal to or more than 2000 satisfies expression (3)] Mass of weight member [g] 35 38 27 25 37 Arrangement position (x, y) (25, 21) (58, 29) (65, 54) (49, 60) (23, 38) of weight member [mm] * Thickness of sole portion in 2.4 2.3 1.5 1.5 2.5 the vicinity of arrangement position of weight member [mm] Thickness of sole portion in 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.1 the other position than the above position [mm] Results Average in −4.0 +2.8 +4.9 +5.3 −5.1 of test displacement amount (m) Average of 9.6 9.3 11.2 16.3 13.3 absolute value in displacement amount (m) Comparative Comparative Comparative Comparative Example 6 Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Moment M of inertia around 4030 6850 6138 4500 6110 center line of shaft axis [g · cm2] Depth L of center of 30.4 44.0 39.4 30.0 30.1 gravity [mm] Value obtained by 200L − M 2050 1950 1742 1500 −90 [value equal to or more than 2000 satisfies expression (3)] Mass of weight member [g] 39 25 27 33 27 Arrangement position (x, y) (15, 21) (65, 63) (45, 83) (0, 37) (0, 90) of weight member [mm] * Thickness of sole portion in 2.7 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.5 the vicinity of arrangement position of weight member [mm] Thickness of sole portion in 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 the other position than the above position [mm] Results Average in −5.9 +11.5 +6.1 −4.2 +5.3 of test displacement amount (m) Average of 17.8 13.5 18.9 19.2 22.0 absolute value in displacement amount (m) - Example 1 is good because the average value in the displacement amount is small. Further, since the average value in the displacement amount is small −4.0 m and is directed in the left direction, it can be confirmed that the slice is effectively prevented. Example 2 has the smaller average value of the absolute value in the displacement amount and is good because the depth of center of gravity and the moment of inertia are greater than those of Example 1. However, in comparison with Example 1, the direction of the hit ball is directed slightly in the right direction. This can be considered because the moment M of inertia is great. Example 3 corresponds to the head obtained by making only the moment M of inertia large in Example 2. In comparison with Example 2, the dispersion of the hit ball is slightly great, and the displacement amount in the right direction is slightly increased in the directionality.
- In Example 4, the depth of center of gravity is set to be approximately the same as that of Example 1, however, the moment M of inertia is the largest. Accordingly, in comparison with Example 1, the dispersion of the hit ball and the displacement amount in the right direction are increased. In Example 5, the moment M of inertia is approximately the same as that of Example 1, and only the depth of center of gravity is made small in comparison with Example 1. In accordance with the results of hitting, in comparison with Example 1, the slice of the hit ball is restricted, and the dispersion is sufficiently within an allowable range. Example 6 corresponds to the head in which the depth of center of gravity and the moment M of inertia are the smallest. Accordingly, it can be confirmed that the effect of preventing the slice is very high while the dispersion is slightly distinctive.
- In Comparative Example 1, since the moment M of inertia is too large, it is known that the dispersion is great and the displacement in the right direction is great. Since Comparative Examples 2 to 4 do not satisfy the condition (3), the dispersion is further great.
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